how do I restore powerpoint to read pps files?

[Guest]

pps files, when clicking on open, used to go right into the slide show...now
I have to save every file first b4 viewing, then go back and delete if not
saving it...feels like being back on aol...tried reconfiguring office-no
change...I run xp office 2003 small business sp2

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

pps files, when clicking on open, used to go right into the slide show...now
I have to save every file first b4 viewing, then go back and delete if not
saving it...feels like being back on aol...tried reconfiguring office-no
change...I run xp office 2003 small business sp2

Do you have Windows set to show you file extensions? It has the evil default
habit of hiding them from you. You might actually have a file named
Myfile.pps.ppt ... useful, right?

Have a look at the Windows setup section here:

Do this before using PowerPoint seriously
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm

 

[Guest]

Steve...I just read the entire PPTools link and b4 I attempt following their
guidelines, I have a rookie question...wouldn't it be just a whole easier to
reinstall office 2003 since the "out of the box" settings gave me all the
functionality I am now missing?

D.B.

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

D.B.,
NO - don't re-install PPT. It won't fix the things that are listed in that
FAQ entry. That's why the entry was create - it is the things that we MVPS
collectively do on the machines we use (and have others do) to make our
machines run best.

In addition, the particular problem you are seeing is not necessarily
controlled by a PPT or Office setting. It is controlled by your operating
system (Windows XP in your case). The FAQ entry will tell you how to verify
that things are showing the way you need them to so that you can tell if you
have double extensions on your files.

Make sense?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

What Kathy said. Exactly.

First sort out whether it's a problem that'll be fixed by much simpler means.